#BC835D#BC835D

#BC835D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.088 H 54.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC835D
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 93)
HSL	hsl(24, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(24, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, 17.55, 29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 34.12, 59.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.0513 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.088 54.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8327, 27.7166, 14.0797)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC835D #5D96BC

analogous

#BC5D66 #BC835D #BCB35D

triadic

#BC835D #5DBC83 #835DBC

tetradic

#BC835D #66BC5D #5D96BC #B35DBC

square

#BC835D #66BC5D #5D96BC #B35DBC

split-complementary

#BC835D #5DBCB3 #5D66BC

monochromatic

#70492E #9B6540 #BC835D #CEA488 #E0C5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC835D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#BC835D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC835D

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC835D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC835D	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93885A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1955D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc835d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.088 54.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a78b',
    500: '#bc835d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc835d;
$custom-light: #d3a78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc835d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65854,
    "c": 0.0879,
    "h": 54.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC835D

secondary

#A6BECE

accent

#A0D156

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC835D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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